Excellent cruise port which is miles away from London so don’t be fooled. We drove up to the departure lounge where our suitcases were taken out of our car for us and taken away, then our car was driven away ready for collection on disembarkation day. So easy ...
Sadly we didn't get to Bermuda but if we had I'm sure it would have earned five stars, compared to the second day in Cherbourg that Princess gave us as a replacement. ...
Post COVID. Horrendous embarkation changes due to need for drive through testing. 3 hours in a massive crawling car queue not the ideal start to a relaxing holiday. Then a further crawl to terminal drop off- coincidentally taking long enough for you to receive your test outcome by text before entering the terminal. Or not as the case may be with many passengers apparently not receiving their text ...
Normally we have found the operation at the port to be efficient and without fault. However on this occasion it was anything but. How much of that is due to the port itself or P&O I am unable to say but clearly the whole Covid situation is still having repercussions.
For further info see my review of our Britannia cruise. ...